Lucy, Sean.

Seán Lucy, professor of English.

Lucy, born 1931 in Bombay, India, earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the University College, Cork, Ireland. In 1960, he joined the English Department at University College, Cork, rising to the rank of professor and becoming the department chair. In 1979, he co-founded the University College, Cork, Summer School in Irish Studies for American students. After an early retirement, Lucy moved to Chicago, Illinois and offered courses in Irish literature at Loyola University, the Newberry Library, and the Irish-American Heritage Center. He died in 2001.

David Gardiner, professor of English.

Gardiner is in the English Department at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and Director of the Creighton University Summer School in Ireland. He specializes in modern Irish literature and publishes poetry.